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45 years after launch, NASA’s Voyager probes still blazing trails billions of miles away

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45 years after launch, NASA’s Voyager probes still blazing trails billions of miles away

Space Daily August 22, 2021

Forty-five years ago, NASA launched the first part of its most ambitious deep space mission in its...

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Blue Origin suit stops work on NASA HLS contract with SpaceX

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Blue Origin suit stops work on NASA HLS contract with SpaceX

SNN August 21, 2021

A schedule for Blue Origin’s suit in the Court of Federal Claims includes a “voluntary stay of...

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Virgin Orbit Conducts Propulsion Tests at NASA’s Stennis Space Center

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Virgin Orbit Conducts Propulsion Tests at NASA’s Stennis Space Center

SNN August 19, 2021

Virgin Orbit, a satellite-launch company, conducts a Thrust Chamber Assembly test on the E-1 Test Stand at...

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NASA Awards $500,000 in Break the Ice Lunar Challenge

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NASA Awards $500,000 in Break the Ice Lunar Challenge

SNN August 19, 2021

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (NASA PR) — As NASA prepares to go to the Moon with the Artemis program, in-situ...

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Blue Origin to perform first New Shepard launch under updated license

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Blue Origin to perform first New Shepard launch under updated license

SNN August 19, 2021

New Shepard’s next flight Aug. 25 will carry payloads, but not people, and will be the first...

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NASA Selects Leidos for Lifecycle Mission Support at Ames Research Center

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NASA Selects Leidos for Lifecycle Mission Support at Ames Research Center

SNN August 19, 2021

RESTON, Va., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, was awarded the Fully...

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Redwire opens digital engineering facility aimed at national security space agencies

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Redwire opens digital engineering facility aimed at national security space agencies

SNN August 19, 2021

Redwire opened the Hyperion Operational Space Simulation Laboratory to help customers design next-generation space architectures. Credit: Redwire...

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Blue Origin New Shepard’s 17th Flight to Space Set for August 25

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Blue Origin New Shepard’s 17th Flight to Space Set for August 25

SNN August 18, 2021

New Shepard landing on the pad in West Texas on October 13, 2020, with the NASA Lunar...

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Space to Become ‘Most Vital Domain’ For National Security, Say Defense Leaders in New KPMG/Space Foundation Report

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Space to Become ‘Most Vital Domain’ For National Security, Say Defense Leaders in New KPMG/Space Foundation Report

SNN August 18, 2021

Content based on interviews with nearly two dozen industry and defense leaders Report determines that space domain partnerships...

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Former Commerce official Kevin O’Connell joins board of advisors of startup Kayhan Space

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Former Commerce official Kevin O’Connell joins board of advisors of startup Kayhan Space

SNN August 17, 2021

Kevin O’Connell is the former director of the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust...

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